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| Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de |
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(änt ´ny th r´rä  tôrths´lyäs) (KEY) , 1559?–1625, Spanish historian. Appointed official historiographer of Castile and the Indies under Philip II, he wrote a general history of the New World (1601), a history of Philip’s reign (1601–12), and various other works dealing with his own times. He had access to official documents, and his facts are generally reliable. |
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